Books by Gemma Townley and Complete Book Reviews
Gemma Townley, Author . Ballantine $12.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-345-46756-0
Scattered with references to Roman Holiday
, this would-be madcap romantic comedy by the sister of bestselling chick-lit writer Sophie Kinsella strives for love, laughs and intrigue but lacks the necessary charm and flair. Blithely irresponsible...
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Gemma Townley, Author . Ballantine $12.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-345-46757-7
Natalie Raglan would fancy a more glamorous, exciting life, but despite a recent move to London, her days are far from thrilling—and her nights are spent slogging through Thackeray's Vanity Fair
. As in Townley's When in Rome...
(2004)
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Gemma Townley, Author . Ballantine $12.95 (308p) ISBN 978-0-345-48003-3
In Townsley's latest bouncy novel, British 20-something Jennifer Bell navigates corporate and family intrigue with a mix of pluck and naïveté. Jen's divorced parents, Harriet and George, are at political and personal odds: George
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Gemma Townley, Author . Ballantine $13 (337p) ISBN 978-0-345-49980-6
Townley (Little White Lies
) misses the mark with this chronicle of the tangled web spun by Jessica Wild and her cohorts after Jessica unexpectedly inherits a fortune. After befriending Grace Hampton, a kindly woman at a nursing home, single...
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Gemma Townley, Ballantine, $14 paper (256p) ISBN 978-0-345-49984-4
Townley’s latest novel based on an Oscar Wilde play (The Importance of Being Married) is her most plausible and engaging yet. Series heroine Jessica Wild has a cool £4 million in the bank, but she and husband, Max Wainwright, still work hard running
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Gemma Townley, Author Ballantine Books $12.95 (268p) ISBN 978-0-345-48004-0
The latest from Townley (Learning Curves, etc.) features Kate Hetherington, interior stylist at London low-end makeover TV show Future: Perfect. Kate has come up empty in her search for true love; longtime friends Sal and Tom think she's unrealistic,
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